The latest healthcare stories from the Impact desk.
Bengaluru: Dr. Devi Shetty has emerged as one of the most influential figures in India’s healthcare sector, redefining accessibility by building one of the world’s most affordable and scalable cardiac care models through Narayana Health.
New Delhi: In India’s vast rural landscape, where access to quality healthcare has long been a challenge, artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a powerful tool to bridge the gap between patients and medical expertise. With limited availability of doctors, inadequate infrastructure, and long travel distances, millions of people in remote areas have historically struggled to receive timely diagnosis and treatment. Today, technology is beginning to change that narrative.
India’s proposed childhood cancer registry increasingly raises broader questions around healthcare visibility, planning and how data can shape treatment systems.
India’s expanding HPV vaccination efforts increasingly suggest a broader public-health shift toward preventive healthcare and earlier intervention strategies around cervical cancer.
Healthcare innovation increasingly appears to be moving beyond hospitals as robotics and intelligent systems begin supporting caregiving, rehabilitation and home-based healthcare environments.
India’s healthcare transformation is no longer only about technology systems and AI platforms. Increasingly, it is about preparing frontline healthcare workers with the digital skills needed to operate in a rapidly evolving healthcare environment.
Healthcare AI is steadily moving beyond research labs and pilot programmes into real-world public systems. From diagnostics to workflow automation, artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming part of how healthcare systems operate and scale